
Cancel Culture and the Anti-Semitism Rot in Universities
10/12/23 • 64 min
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Sarah and David return to their regularly scheduled Supreme Court programming, specifically to a racial gerrymandering case out of South Carolina (Sarah has copious notes). The two also have a lot to say about the insanity coming out of elite law schools. But first David revisits law of war to explain the international rules of siege warfare. Then:
-Supreme Court justices speaking statistics
-Non-justiciable gerrymandering
-Bonkers law student statements
-Some cancel culture clarity
-Ideological hot houses at elite institutions
-Harmonizing grace and morality
Show notes:
-South Carolina gerrymandering case
-John Oliver talks Franklin, TN mayoral race
-Chicago BLM chapter comments on Israel-Hamas war
-Harvard students comment on Israel-Hamas war
-David French: Difference between Kaepernick and Barr
-GWU students comment on Israel-Hamas war
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Sarah and David return to their regularly scheduled Supreme Court programming, specifically to a racial gerrymandering case out of South Carolina (Sarah has copious notes). The two also have a lot to say about the insanity coming out of elite law schools. But first David revisits law of war to explain the international rules of siege warfare. Then:
-Supreme Court justices speaking statistics
-Non-justiciable gerrymandering
-Bonkers law student statements
-Some cancel culture clarity
-Ideological hot houses at elite institutions
-Harmonizing grace and morality
Show notes:
-South Carolina gerrymandering case
-John Oliver talks Franklin, TN mayoral race
-Chicago BLM chapter comments on Israel-Hamas war
-Harvard students comment on Israel-Hamas war
-David French: Difference between Kaepernick and Barr
-GWU students comment on Israel-Hamas war
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